In this movie, we are going to talk about how we can combine multiple…exposures; in particular, we are going to talk about how we can add a sky or a…couple of different sky photos to this image. So we have this interesting…photograph, these beautiful graffiti murals on the wall with these old decrepit…buildings, kind of an interesting juxtaposition, but we have this white sky.…You know that happens a lot in photography. It happens because we have those…high clouds, you just have no color up there, no detail at all. So I need to…bring some in. Well, here's what we are going to do. We are going to our…Background layer, click and drag that to the New Layer icon, press Command+M on…a Mac, Ctrl+M on a PC. I'm just looking to increase the overall contrast of…this layer. That will help me get a really good selection.…

So now that I have a deeper contrast, I will grab the Quick Select tool and I'm…just going to go ahead and with that Quick Select tool, I'm going to paint…across the sky with a bigger brush. I don't want pixel brush. That was too…

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1/13/2009

In Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Creative Effects, Chris Orwig flexes the muscles of this powerful program to create unique and eye-catching photographic effects. A passionate photographer, Chris demonstrates how to enhance images through adding light for emphasis, adding drop and directional shadows, and using motion blur and film grain creatively. He also covers how to add a distressed look to create a vintage-style photograph, use infrared and solarization, apply creative layer blending, and much more. The course culminates with a step-by-step look at some real-world projects that utilize the techniques. Exercise files accompany the course.